Nano-buginator performance issues

[Nclarkii]

I have hammocked in some of the buggiest places in the world, and I have almost always used DL hammocks with an integrated bugnet. Over the last several years, my go-to has been a DIY 1.9 DL with a zip-off net. Bug problems have been negligible but it's a big and heavy rig. I needed to lighten my load for some recent multi-night kayak trips, so after much research on this forum, I finally decided on a BIAS weight-weenie micro with Nano buginator several weeks ago. I had no problem with the set-up during my first few nights out, but I was operating under relatively low mosquito loads. In the past two weeks, I've been sleeping under very heavy mosquito loads (thousands) and have experienced routine and complete bugnet failure, with several dozen to over a hundred mosquitoes finding their way inside the net during the night. There are no rips in the net and the end cords are cinched and wrapped tight with the shock cord, so the only possible entry point of is the bottom entry hole. I've tried using the net with the entry hole shock fully cinched, fully relaxed, and I even tried to plug the entry hole with my open sleeping bag. To make matters worse, the buggers are also able to bite through the net and hammock where they are pressed tight against my body. So, my question to you guys...is there something I'm doing wrong or is this evidence of the much-feared design flaw in "Fronkey-style" bugnets?

Here is one end of my hammock in the morning as I was undoing the end-cinch to release the horde. Both ends looked like this, and probably represented only 50% of what was actually inside.

[jstn]

Ouch, that looks pretty bad. Sorry I'm not able to help with advice, but I was curious if your bug net / hammock had a treatment of permethrin?

[Twin Dragons]

I haven't yet tried the stuff myself, but I wonder if treating both the hammock and net with Permethrin would help.

[Nclarkii]

No permethrin. I'm a biologist who who works with amphibians and fish, so I avoid chemical repellents if at all possible. I would rather abandon the "fronkey style" bugnet and go back to the heavy DL hammock.

[SilvrSurfr]

No permethrin. I'm a biologist who who works with amphibians and fish, so I avoid chemical repellents if at all possible. I would rather abandon the "fronkey style" bugnet and go back to the heavy DL hammock.

Well, unless you're going to have amphibians and fish in your bugnet, it's a non-issue. I've been using Buginators and Nano-Buginators for a couple of years and haven't had a single mosquito in my net. Then again, I've never gone out with an untreated bugnet.

[Nclarkii]

Well, unless you're going to have amphibians and fish in your bugnet, it's a non-issue. I've been using Buginators and Nano-Buginators for a couple of years and haven't had a single mosquito in my net. Then again, I've never gone out with an untreated bugnet.

It's awfully disappointing that the bugnet doesn't function mechanically, but permethrin would be an obvious solution if I didn't have other hammock options. Because I work in extremely humid areas, my hammock is often damp -- is there no risk of transferring the chemical from the net to your hands?

[gmcttr]

... Because I work in extremely humid areas, my hammock is often damp -- is there no risk of transferring the chemical from the net to your hands?

Do your own research for your particular considerations, but from all I've read from manufacturers, once initially dried, permethrin is bonded to the fabric fibers and wetting with water will not put it back into solution.

With our application methods, it is claimed to last through 6 washings and the action that reduces it's effectiveness is the mechanical agitation knocking it loose and not the water and detergents returning it into solution.

[Gustavus]

Please, just get a zippered bug net, like the Wilderness Logics Bug Net, works well with 11' hammocks. Will give you piece of mind and less chemical.

[Rice-N-beans]

Please, just get a zippered bug net, like the Wilderness Logics Bug Net, works well with 11' hammocks. Will give you piece of mind and less chemical.

Nclarkii could sell the buginator here in the for sale section, and with a lil' more coin buy the Wilderness Logics bugnet.

[Nclarkii]

Nclarkii could sell the buginator here in the for sale section, and with a lil' more coin buy the Wilderness Logics bugnet.

I'll probably sell it, but if I'm going to fiddle with a zipper, I'll just go back to my DIY or my Hennessy Expedition.